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Presidential Retribution (Executive Watch)

Trump's Unlawful Campaign to Revoke Visas of International Students for Minor Offenses Is Designed to Spread Fear
As part of its assault on Harvard, the Trump administration has threatened to revoke the university's ability to sponsor international students, using…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Administration's Campaign of Retribution Threatens Scientific Journals Not on Board with MAGA Science
The Trump administration’s campaign to bring universities to heel is now followed by legal threats against scientific journals, issued by interim U.S.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Alters His 'Deal' with BigLaw and Wants to Extort Legal Services for Himself and His Allies
When BigLaw firms made deals with Donald Trump under the threat of presidential retribution, their excuse was that they were merely agreeing to do what…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Threatens to Nix Harvard's Tax-Exempt Status if it Fails to Embrace His Ideological Agenda
Donald Trump has been using the specter of antisemitism as an excuse to impose ideological control over universities by threatening to cut off federal…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump's Counterterrorism Czar Wants to Prosecute Critics of Mass Deportation for 'Aiding and Abetting' Terrorists
If the Trump administration can declare someone a gang member or a terrorist without evidence, what can they do to anyone who speaks out for those…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Wants the FCC to Revoke CBS' Broadcast License for Running Stories Critical of Him
Donald Trump is openly declaring that news coverage he doesn’t like is “illegal” and should be punished by revoking his critics’ broadcast licenses.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Orders Harvard to Implement Viewpoint Diversity or Else!
Executive Watch has previously documented the Trump administration’s abuse of executive power to put pressure on Harvard University.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump's Executive Orders Target His Own Former Aides for Challenging His 'Stolen Election' Conspiracy Theories
Donald Trump formally and publicly ordered top officials to investigate his own former aides to punish them for criticizing him and contradicting his…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Is Going After the Independence of the Entire Legal Profession, Not Just Big Law
A new presidential memo is meant to instill fear in any firm that dares to represent his political adversaries
Trump Targets Another Law Firm Offering Services to His Opponents, Eviscerating the Principle of Effective Representation for All
In an ongoing quest to deny his political opponents the right to counsel, Donald Trump has already intimidated one big law firm into becoming his…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Toady Briefly Canceled a Program Handing Social Security Numbers to Newborns in a Hospital to Spite Maine's Governor
Acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek just admitted to canceling a program to enroll newborns at a Maine hospital in fit of pique at the…
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Robert Tracinski
A Trump Memo Threatens Any Lawyer Who Dares to Sue His Illegal Executive Actions
Donald Trump’s attempts to target specific law firms associated with the political opposition has widened into a threat against literally any lawyer who…
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Robert Tracinski
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